Ashland Together

BASE Youth Program visit
2023-11-04 | Ashland Methodist Church
The Uptown String Quartet meets with BASE Youth Program for mini-performance, Q&A, and pizza party. Contact Vance Beach community@baseoregon.org

Community Conversation & Reception
2023-11-03 19:00 - 20:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Elks Lodge Ashland, 255 E Main St, Ashland, Oregon, 97520, United States
“Let Us Break Bread Together”
Community Conversation & Reception
FREE PUBLIC community conversation about the powerful connections between Black and Native women in American music. Hors d’oeuvres will be provided, no-host bar will be open. The conversation event will follow the reception.
ALL ARE INVITED. ALL ARE WELCOME.

Deconstructing Whiteness
2023-10-25 18:00 - 19:30 | Peace House, 543 S. Mountain Street, Ashland, OR, 97520
Deconstructing Whiteness’ first offering of our 2023-24 season is next Wednesday October 25, 6:00-7:30pm at Peace House in Ashland. Please see below for more info.
We are glad for you to share this INVITE widely with family, friends, & colleagues. We look forward to seeing you.
Check out the DW website for other information, more resources, joining the mailing list, and more.

Black History Walking Tour of Jacksonville
2023-10-21 10:00 - 12:00 | Jacksonville, OR, Jacksonville, OR, 97530, United States
Join Oregon Black Pioneers for the second stop on our statewide walking tour series. This time, we’re headed to the historic gold mining town of Jacksonville in Jackson County’s Applegate Valley.
Led by OBP Public Programs Manager Mariah Rocker, this two-hour, 2-mile loop will make stops at locations connected to the town’s Black history. Discover more about Ben Johnson, Louis Southworth, and other members of one of Oregon’s first Black communities.

Support Black and Brown Entrepreneurs in Ashland
2023-10-09 - 2023-11-19 | OR
Shanique Scott is an award-winning actress. Over the summer, she offered improv classes to youths, which were a great success.
When it comes to stand-up comedy, Shanique’s passion to help people come out of their shell is contagious.
“I love the magic of stand-up. I’ve never had a student, even the ones on the sheepish side, not be surprised when they find their inner comic.” Shanique Scott
Her latest 6-week offering is for adults.
It runs from October 9th-November 19th
Cost: $180
No experience necessary. Be prepared to surprise yourself as you’re guided by your very own expert acting coach.
Shanique’s resume includes performing standup at New York’s Comedy Club and the Punchline in San Francisco.
She has a Master of Fine Arts degree and is a classically trained actress.

SO Pride Parade
2023-10-07 11:00 - 12:30 | Main Street, Ashland, OR, Main Street, Ashland, OR
Parade down Main Street, 11 AM
Pride at the Bandshell, 12 PM
SoPride Crawl until late…
Go to sopride.org for more details of the full weekend of events.

Free Tickets for Rent
2023-10-07 | Oregon Shakespeare Festival
Join us for a thrilling performance of Rent — the smash Broadway musical rocking out on OSF’s Angus Bowmer stage! Rent is about a group of young artists, all diverse in ethnicity, gender and sexuality, but unified in their fight for justice during the AIDS crisis.
In collaboration with SO Pride, we’re offering a full day of fun during Ashland Pride on October 7. Join us for the Pride parade, music at the Lithia Park Bandshell, a Community Resource Fair, and discussions with activist and theatre-lover Emily Simon.

New Culture Building
2023-10-03 18:30 - 21:00 | Elder Apothecary, 5 N. Main St. #2, Ashland, OR, 97520
New Cultivation presents New Culture Building, a class for local community members to connect and learn the basics of challenging conversation that leads to culture change.
Tonai Foster and Jaime Powell will offer a dialogue style portion of class, and then guide a portion of class in triad forms, groups of 3 people,
taking turns to listen and share. Different prompts for individual, triad and group conversation will be centered on the topic of anti-racism and healing racialized trauma. We will also use writing prompts, journaling and opportunities for a group feedback and future visioning process at the end.
Location: Elder Apothecary
5 N. Main St. #2
Ashland
Click here to register

Tackling Racism in Our Community
2023-08-14 19:00 - 20:00 | Online
Tackling Racism in Our Community is an ongoing offering hosted by Ashland BIPoC Sanctuary.
This Zoom gathering is open to anyone who is interested in having honest, sincere and healing conversations about racism in Ashland.
You can register by emailing
OrganizeLisaEbony@gmail.com
You’ll receive a Zoom link once you’re registered.

Celebrating 40 Years at Peach House
2023-06-22 16:00 - 19:00 | Peace House, 543 S. Mountain Street, Ashland, OR, 97520
Peace House are hosting a summer solstice 40th Anniversary Party June 22 from 4-7 p.m.
We hope you will join us in celebrating four decades of social justice work with delicious food, live music, and social justice art exhibit. The event is free and open to the public!

Indigenous Culture Overnight Camp
2023-06-20 - 2023-06-24 | Lake of the Woods, OR, 97601
A 5-day Cultural Immersion
experience for 25 Indigenous youth
who have completed
Sth, 6th, 7th or 8th grade.
$200 (scholarships available)
Call/email for Application
541-301-7072
don.senter@kskq.org
American Indian Crafts, Archery, Games Drumming, Nature, Story Telling, Music,
Mini PowWow

Juneteenth Picnic
2023-06-18 08:00 - 17:00 | Hersey Street Park, 27 E Hersey St, Ashland, OR, 97520
Hosted by Say Their Names in the Hersey Street Park in Ashland.
Come celebrate father’s day with community in an epic fundraising launch for the permanent public art installation, ‘Ancestor’s Future: Crystallizing Our Call’ coming to Ashland Creek Park.
*Dress for the sun [wear sunblock] & bring your own water bottles, picnic blankets.
BRING YOUR $$ FOR FOOD TRUCKS & DONATIONS

Juneteenth
2023-06-17 11:00 - 19:00 | Pear Blossom Park, 212 N Bartlett St, Medford, OR, 97501
Juneteenth honors the end to slavery in the United States and is considered the longest-running African American holiday. Click here for more info.
This year’s celebration of FREEDOM is going to the biggest one yet. Mark your calendars for Saturday, June 17th when BASE will be at Pear Blossom Park in Medford from 11am – 7pm, for the celebration of the YEAR. Help make this day possible by signing up to be a Juneteenth volunteer. Click HERE
Exciting line up of entertainers, speakers and attraction you don’t want to miss and more…
Please email BASE ASAP if you are interested in sponsoring (deadline May 19).

Junteenth at SOU
2023-06-15 10:00 - 11:00 | SOU, 1250 Siskiyou Boulevard, Ashland, OR, 97520
Starting at 10 AM with special featured guest speaker and Ashland Together founding member, Gina DuQuenne

Civil Rights Trail
2023-06-14 - 2023-06-18 | OR
The National Association of African American Studies & Affiliates invites community, teachers, historians and persons interested in any phase of the Civil Rights Movement to join NAAAS June 14-18, 2023 in Montgomery, Alabama.
Visit historical landmarks that are associated with The Civil Rights Movement. Walk across the Edmund Pettus Bridge and have dinner on the Harriet River Boat. Visit the Civil Rights Memorial, Rosa Parks Statue/Library and museum, National Memorial for Peace and Justice, Freedom Riders Museum, Dexter Avenue King Memorial Church, home of the first capital of the confederacy, Alabama State Capitol and more. CEU credit is available.
Download More Info here: Civil Rights Trail Package

Deconstructing Whiteness Monthly Meeting
2023-05-25 18:30 - 20:30 | OR
You are invited to join the monthly learning sessions of Deconstructing Whiteness.

Deconstructing Whiteness meets, via Zoom, on the 4th Thursday of the month, from 6:30-8:30 PM.
The next sessions are Thursday, Apr. 27 & May 25. Followed by a summer break until Sept.
To RSVP, write to dwlearningspace@gmail.com or Join DW’s mailing list to get the monthly invites.

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Sam Roxas-Chua to speak at Grizzly Peak Winery for AAPI Month
2023-05-20 15:00 - 16:30 | Grizzly Peak Winery, 1600 E Nevada St, Ashland, OR, 97520
During May (which is Asian American Pacific Islander month), SOU’s Office for Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion are collaborating with several different groups (including the Southern Oregon Chinese Cultural Association and Oregon Historical Society) to bring Sam Roxas-Chua to speak at Grizzly Peak Winery on Saturday, May 20th at 3 PM. Sam will present a multi-multimedia account of his time as an artist-in-residence at the Portland Chinatown Museum.

Building a Better "We" - Fusing Race and Class
2023-05-16 19:00 - 20:30 | Rogue River Room, SOU, Stevenson Union, 1250 Siskiyou Blvd, Ashland, OR, 97520
The Office for Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion at SOU is fortunate and delighted to collaborate with Campus Theme coordinators, Prakash Chenjeri and Justin Harmon in bringing nationally renowned author, speaker, and legal scholar, Ian Haney Lopez to SOU.

Together we’re partnering with OSF, to bring this UC Berkeley Professor of Public Law to the Rogue River Room on Tuesday, May 16th at 7:00 PM for Building a Better “We” – Fusing Race and Class.

Sentencing Hearing
2023-05-12 11:00 - 17:00 | Medford County Courthouse, 100 South Oakdale, Medford, OR, 97501, United States
Support needed both inside and outside the courtroom on Friday, May 12th at 11:00 am
for the Sentencing Hearing of Robert Keegan
On Monday, a 12-person jury unanimously found Robert Keegan not guilty of the charge of second-degree murder for the shooting of 19 year old Aidan Ellison.
Instead he was found guilty of first-degree manslaughter, unlawful possession of a firearm and recklessly endangering another person.
“I ask for the maximum sentencing for Keegan…Aidan is dead forever.”—Gina DuQuenne

Another way to help…
Write to the judge and ask him to sentence Robert Keegan to the full extent of the law.
Also, ask for sentencing of all three charges consecutively.
The Honorable Tim Barnack
Tim.Barnack@ojd.state.or.us
A handwritten note delivered to his chamber would also be helpful.
100 S. Oakdale
Medford 97501

Justice for Aidan Rally
2023-05-10 17:00 | The Plaza, Ashland, Downtown Ashland, OR, 97520
On Monday, a 12-person jury unanimously found Robert Keegan not guilty of the charge of second-degree murder for the shooting of 19 year old Aidan Ellison.
Instead he was found guilty of first-degree manslaughter, unlawful possession of a firearm and recklessly endangering another person.
A guilty second degree murder verdict could have resulted in a sentence of life in prison.
A first-degree manslaughter conviction carries a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years.
Ashland High School’s
Truth to Power
is asking to you join them for the following events to protest the lesser charge in the killing of Aidan Ellison.
Wednesday, May 10th at 5:00 pm
Justice for Aidan Rally
Ashland Plaza

“Nothing about Aidan’s murder can ever be made right, or fair, or okay. What we call for is justice; a recognition of what Keegan did and punishment for his actions. Without punishment for murder, for stealing an innocent life, this conviction isn’t justice.”
Amy Preskenis Perrin
Truth to Power

Another way to help…
Write to the judge and ask him to sentence Robert Keegan to the full extent of the law.
Also, ask for sentencing of all three charges consecutively.
The Honorable Tim Barnack
Tim.Barnack@ojd.state.or.us
A handwritten note delivered to his chamber would also be helpful.
100 S. Oakdale
Medford 97501

A Conversation About Health Disparities in Southern Oregon
2023-05-08 17:30 - 19:30 | OR
Community health will always be a priority. All in for Health and Southern Oregon University is sponsoring a small discussion group to better understand the issues and concerns that Black folks have with our healthcare system, and will use that information to make change. Email community@baseoregon.org if you want to attend this incredibly important event being held on Monday, May 8 at 5:30pm in Medford. Dinner is included and childcare will be provided. All participation will remain anonymous and in addition you will receive a $40 gift card.

CALL TO ACTION - Justice for Aidan
2023-05-01 13:00 - 14:00 | Aidan Ellison Mural, 201 S. Mountain Ave, Ashland, 97520
Rally at Ashland High School Monday, May 1st at 1:00 pm
201 S. Mountain Ave
(Mural at the intersection of Mountain and Iowa)

Ashland High School’s Truth to Power will be holding a rally to mark the beginning of the trial of Robert Keegan
who was charged in the murder of Aidan Ellison, a young Black man and former student at Ashland High School in 2020.
Speakers to include members of Truth to Power and Black community leaders.Please come and show your support
for Aidan’s family.

For more information about the trial,
click on the link below
Jackson Country trial over killing of Black teenager
starts on Monday

Deconstructing Whiteness Monthly Meeting
2023-04-27 18:30 - 20:30 | Online

The Hearth of Grants Pass
2023-04-20 19:00 - 21:00 | Bethany Presbyterian Church, 741 NW 4th St, Grants Pass, OR, 97526
The City of Grants Pass is making strides to transform from a Sundown Town to what Taylor Stewart, founder of Oregon Remembrance describes as a Sunrise Community.

Taylor will be among the storytellers at The Hearth of Grants Pass Thursday, April 20th 7:00 to 9:00 pm
Bethany Presbyterian Church
Grants Pass, OR

For more information: The Hearth of Grants PassOregon Remembrance

Tackling Racism Monthly Meeting
2023-04-13 18:30 - 19:30 | Online
Last fall Lisa Ebony, Founder of the BIPOC Sanctuary (BIPOC–Black Indigenous People of Color)
began hosting multi-racial conversations via Zoom.
Lisa’s inspiration is to bring people together to talk about racial issues in a safe environment.
Register in advance for this meeting

The Original Influencers - The Movements that Made a Nation Then, Now, Next
2023-04-06 17:30 - 18:30 | Meese Auditorium, SOU, 1250 Siskiyou Boulevard, Ashland, OR, 97520
We are stronger together! That’s the message of The Original Influencers, brought to you by EDI and the Racial Equity Center of the Social Justice and Equity Center. From the Selma Marches to the Chicano Walkouts; from Women’s Liberation to Love Wins and Black Lives Matter, come and consider the history of the nation changing movements with educators and longtime activists, Geneva L. Craig, PhD., RN and DL Richardson.

REBUILD The Say Their Names Memorial
2023-04-02 13:00 - 15:00 | Railroad Park, Ashland, A Street, Ashland, OR, 97520, United States
Let’s come together to rebuild the Say Their Names Memorial in response to ANOTHER ACT OF VANDALISM of the fence. We will lovingly place new shirts on the fence as an embodiment of our commitment to end r acial violence.
